Canada and Guadaloupe in the British trade debate
A letter argues against ceding Canada to Guadaloupe, warning it would invite Indian attacks and harm British trade. It defends retaining both colonies, notes the Mississippi region and Louisiana as valuable, and condemns factions urging surrender while praising Britain’s manufactures. The author questions Mr. Pitt’s leadership and policy, asserting strong ties between colonial gains and national power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
Guadaloupe
Great Britain
Saeio
Carolina
New England
Quebec
Hudson’s Bay Company
Louisiane
America
Mississips
Europe
London
Louisiana
Debates on the Prussian alliance and call for reform
A pamphlet argues Britain should dismiss a royal adviser tied to the Prussian alliance, citing heavy costs and war gains, urging abolition to prevent mischief in peace. It notes the author’s debt to a prior pamphlet and praises reformist sentiment among Britons. A sermon for charity follows at St Martin in the Fields with details of attendance and benefactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
America
Africa
Asia
France
Europe
N. B
ele@ion
Austria
Asylu
St. Martin In the Fields
Earl of Litchfield
Ridgell
Walderston
Suffolk
Berkley Square Chapel
Earl of March
Keldway
James
Antmon X
J.newbery
Bible and
Sun
St. Paul’s Church-yard
London
J. Hoey
Skimer-Row
Dublin
Bedford Coffee-House Ad Inspired Poem Proposal
A fragmentary 1761 letter from Y. D. proposes presenting a Bedford Coffee-House scene in the paper, inviting lively visuals of patrons, a bar scene, and social types in Hogarthian colors. The note echoes a public appetite for satire and dinner, ending with a May 20 attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Apollo
Parnafes
Pharbus
Hogarth
Port News Morning Ships Arrive and Sail from English Ports
Port News lists arrivals at Falmouth Weymouth and Deal with multiple ships from Hamburg Belfast London Southampton and Penzance bound for Dublin Petersburgh Lisbon Oporto and London under convoy of the Savage. Other vessels sail from the Downs and Portsmouth with various destinations amid routine maritime movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Justice
Vomdermer
Hamburgh
Streights
Nancy
Davis
Belfast
Mary
Forter
London
Dublin
John and Mary
Darby
Liverpol
Powlett
Wright
Southampton
Seaflower
Orell
Carmarthen
Lark
Buttler
Shoreham
Selwin
Brooks
Emsworth
Oporto
Weymouth
Industry
Reynolds
Amsterdam
Williams
Thomas
Patience
Gerrard
John
William
Biddlecomb
Charles
Languith
Newcastle
Cowes
Anne Elizabeth
Borritz
Gottenburgh
Waterford
Deal
Wind S. W
Pomona
Hazard
Downs
Phaeton
Nottingham
Gibraltar
Malaga
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Mr. P
Hanover
Prussia
Ruffia
North America
Vienna
Empire
Germany
Hannover
Heffias
Bristow
St. Paul's Church
Yard
John Dean
G. Keith
The
Bible and Crown
Gracechurch Street
Y. D
Sadler’s Wells
Sturges
Moses
Port News
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